Six men who have admitted being involved in town centre violence following Huddersfield Town’s match with Leicester City a year ago are to be sentenced next month.

And they were released on bail with a judge warning that custody was an option.

It is also thought that police will be seeking to have football banning orders imposed on the men, stopping them from going to any football matches at home or abroad.

Thomas Wilson, 29, of Leeds Road, Huddersfield, and 20-year-old Kierran Kavanagh, of Armitage Bridge House, Huddersfield, had been due to stand trial on an allegation of affray yesterday.

But their guilty pleas to the lesser charge of threatening behaviour were accepted by the prosecution at Bradford Crown Court.

A third defendant 23-year-old Michael McCabe, of Lipscombe Street, Huddersfield, was also due to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court, but a not guilty verdict was recorded in his case and he was bound over in the sum of £250 to keep the peace for the next 12 months.

Prosecutor Andrew Kershaw told Recorder Paul Sloan QC that McCabe had been on the fringes of the disorder on October 4 last year, but he only began misbehaving after “some slightly rough treatment” at the hands of the police.

“He has indicated his willingness to be bound over,” said Mr Kershaw.

Recorder Sloan was told that four other men were already awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to affray and he agreed to grant Wilson and Kavanagh bail while pre-sentence reports are prepared on them.

But he warned the duo that all options, including custody, would be available to the judge who deals with the case on November 13.

It is expected that the hearing for the six defendants could last half a day because video footage of the violence will be shown to the judge and the prosecution will also be making applications for football banning orders.

The trouble flared in the town centre after Leicester had won the match 3-2 on October 4 last year.

The game attracted a crowd of 16,212 to the Galpharm Stadium – the third highest of the season.